Kentucky
Henry County educator named 2025 Kentucky Teacher of the Year
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – State leaders recognized the winners of the Teacher Achievement Awards along with the 2025 Teacher of the Year Award, who turned out to be an educator right here in WAVE Country.
Jennifer Montgomery is an English teacher at Eminence Independent Middle School. Through her lessons on literature, she encourages students to learn more about empathy and to find their passions.
When asked what advice she’d give to future educators, Montgomery said it’s important to find a great role model to learn from.
”For future educators, I think it’s important to find teachers that are the types of teachers that you want to be, the types of teachers you see are having a great impact on students, that have positive relationships and just find ways to spend more time with those teachers to see how were they able to form those relationships with students because I think that that is where that starts,” Montgomery said. “Before we go out into our communities, we have to build classroom communities.”
Out of the 40,000 educators across Kentucky, only nine were chosen as winners for the Teacher Achievement Awards, yet Montgomery wasn’t the only WAVE Country teacher to receive honors.
Angela Hardin at Peace Academy, Jessica Talley with Mount Washington Middle, Jamie Brown from Marion County High, and Ibbie “Katy” Cecil at LaRue County High were also recognized.
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Beechwood senior wide receiver Tyler Fryman has committed to University of Kentucky football and baseball according to Hayes Fawcett of Rivals.
Fryman made the change to the Wildcats on June 26, just three days after announcing he was decommitting from Louisville Cardinals baseball. Fryman had been committed to Louisville since 2023.
The four-star recruit took an official visit to Kentucky on June 19. A week later, he’s flipped his school and added a new sport.
For Beechwood last season, Fryman caught 62 passes for 1,320 yards and 23 touchdowns. He was also the 9th Region Player of the Year in baseball and an indoor track state champion.
Fryman also had football offers from Cincinnati, Notre Dame and Ole Miss among others.
GRAYSON, Ky. (WSAZ) – New information has been released in the search for a missing woman at Grayson Lake.
According to game wardens with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Marly Kinney, 19, of Ashland, was last seen at Grayson Lake on Wednesday afternoon.
They say search efforts are focused on the water at this time and include Kentucky State Police aerial support, drones, boats, and K9 assistance.
Crews suspend search for missing teen for the night
The search is now into its third day, with officials saying on and off rain has hindered their search and that a group of 50 volunteers are walking the banks of the lake to help in the search.
Search and rescue boats have been seen at the lake as well.
Officials say there are still many questions, including if Kinney is still alive and where exactly she went missing.
They also say they’ve been using a variety of equipment, including sonar and thermal detectors, as well as helicopters and underwater drones.
WSAZ received a statement from Kinney’s family Friday afternoon:
“We are very appreciative of the absolute surplus of support from law enforcement, search and rescue, 1st responders, and all of the community and its volunteers that are here with us and for us searching for Marly. We do not even know how to express our absolute gratitude to you all. We continue to have faith she will be found and brought back to us. We know we have the very best people doing all they can to bring her home.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
We are still working to get more information.
Previous coverage can be found here.
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13 things more likely to happen than winning the Powerball jackpot
Hoping to win the Powerball jackpot? Here are 13 things more likely to happen than becoming an instant millionaire.
The Kentucky Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at Thursday, June 25, 2026 winning numbers for each game.
Cash Ball
02-08-24-32, Cash Ball: 09
Check Cash Ball payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 3
Evening: 6-3-0
Midday: 9-6-0
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Pick 4
Evening: 5-7-6-0
Midday: 5-2-6-6
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Millionaire for Life
03-13-14-34-45, Bonus: 01
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